Yuan's Ascension-Chapter 889 - 8000 Years (1)

Wu Yuan's body refiner self’s reputation skyrocketed, clearly due to Inconstance spreading the news. Yet, Wu Yuan remained indifferent.

On the other hand, his qi refiner didn’t draw nearly as much notice. There were several reasons for this. For one, Ming Jian had not yet reached the qualifications to be a Supreme Genius. More significantly, the news of Wu Yuan slaying Mi Tian's true self was nothing short of earth-shattering.

Not even Zhu Shan had managed to kill a Supreme Genius's true self yet—only their mana bodies and ether bodies.

Supreme Geniuses typically kept their true selves well hidden and were under the protection of providence, making it particularly challenging to kill them.

Mi Tian wasn’t weak even among other Supreme Geniuses, so Wu Yuan's ability to slay him attested to his strength.

Thus, rumors began to circulate, placing Wu Yuan's strength among the top ten of all participants in the Megaverse Crossroads.

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In Divine Domain World 7, Wu Yuan's true self lay concealed in an unremarkable wasteland, hidden beneath layers of intricate arrays.

Suddenly, fluctuations of the Great Dao of Creation surged outward, devoid of mana, yet brimming with terrifying power.

Although breaking through to Creation Dao Field and spending a millennium cultivating the Primordial Doctrine in the life-or-death treasure ground had ostensibly caused Wu Yuan to delay digesting the insights from his breakthrough, it was not without its benefits.

The thousand years spent deciphering the Life Chapter of the Primordial Doctrine deepened Wu Yuan's understanding of all things in heaven and earth. As he revisited the Creation Great Dao, he uncovered new, extraordinary insights.

The experiences from the life-or-death treasure ground had ignited a fiery ambition within him to claim a Saintcrest.

I’ve only just stepped into the introductory stage of the Primordial Technique. Wu Yuan mused, his skin glowing with a mysterious azure light. This wasn't the fluctuation of a Law; rather, it was the manifestation of the Primordial Technique. In the final centuries within the treasure ground, his body refiner self had achieved significant breakthroughs in the path of matter.

Wu Yuan contemplated silently. The introductory stage of the Primordial Technique offers a minimal increase in power, almost negligible, but cultivating it to profound levels will be difficult. Without the unique conditions of the life-or-death treasure ground and the Primordial Doctrine Temple, analyzing and interpreting the Foundation Diagrams will grow increasingly difficult.

The path of Laws demanded a sharper perception of Dao essence, whereas the path of matter demanded the renunciation of all Dao comprehension, creating an inherent contradiction.

Wu Yuan's body refiner self had already reached the Creation Dao Field stage, making the deduction of the Primordial Doctrine even more challenging without support from the external environment.

If I gain opportunities to enter places like the Primordial Doctrine Temple, I'll strive to comprehend the Primordial Doctrine. If not, I'll focus entirely on deducing the Great Daos. Wu Yuan thought it through clearly.

Though the path of matter also led to eternity, he had never heard of any of the countless Astral Monarchs or Sovereigns walking this path, indicating it must have major flaws or was extremely difficult.

The path of the Great Daos was the correct road, with many successful precedents.

Once Wu Yuan successfully cultivated the Primordial Technique and was able to envelope himself in Primordial Power, the Dao Assimilation effects Wu Yuan experienced would be greatly reduced. Combined with constantly absorbing Primordial Matter into his body, Wu Yuan's comprehension efficiency would only increase.

Seven thousand years. That should be enough for me to advance further in the Great Dao of Creation. Wu Yuan contemplated. However, achieving another transformation will likely be impossible.

The Great Daos differed from Greater Laws and Intermediate Laws. The first-level Dao Field stage of a Great Dao already rivaled a fully comprehended Greater Law. Further breakthroughs were incredibly difficult - countless Sovereigns failed to achieve success even after millions of years.

There are only two paths to raise the strength of my body refiner self. One path is cultivating the Primordial Technique to a higher, more profound level. The other path is cultivating the ‘Creation Saint Prohibition’ to its limits. Wu Yuan determined, a yearning in his heart.

Once the final part of Creation Saint Prohibition was successfully cultivated, the mana he could unleash would jump from ninth-stage Archimmortal directly to base-level Astral Monarch mana.

Combining that with his lifebound eldritch beast, Wu Yuan believed that if he encountered Mi Tian again, he could probably end the battle within ten moves.

However, cultivating the final part was also extremely difficult. For High Immortals and High Deities wishing to boost their mana or ether to the base-level Astral Monarch level, there were several requirements:

First, they needed Sovereign-level comprehension. Second, they needed supreme burst secret arts perfectly compatible with themselves - in simple terms, those who could achieve this step were basically all successors of supreme beings. Third, they ideally needed an Apotheosis root.

The first two were hard requirements. Among the Supreme Geniuses Wu Yuan knew, like Bai Lian, Wan Bao, Mi Tian and others, their mana or ether only matched the ninth-stage Archimmortal level.

I meet all conditions, all that remains is to grind, which will take time. Wu Yuan's mind was calm.

Once he broke through again, that would be when he’d have great hope of claiming a Saintcrest. Now? Still slightly lacking.

According to the Eldritch Court’s intelligence, among the dozens of Supreme Geniuses across various Divine Domain Worlds, Zhu Shan's vital ether most likely reaches base-level Astral Monarch mana. Wu Yuan mused.

Astral Monarchs with second-degree immortal roots possessed base-level Astral Monarch mana. Though at the bottom tier of Astral Monarchs, it was still far stronger than ninth-stage Archimmortal mana.

With an extremely high comprehension level, the base power they unleashed was even higher. Naturally, Zhu Shan easily swept through other Supreme Geniuses.

There are also three participants suspected to be successors of supreme beings. One is Inconstance - he's too mysterious. Without a supreme being concealing his fate, it would be almost impossible for him to evade the Eldritch Court's investigations for so long. Wu Yuan's two true selves both had major factions behind them, providing abundant intelligence.

By leaking what had transpired in the life-or-death treasure ground, Inconstance’s actions would definitely compel the Immortal Court to target Wu Yuan. The Overlords of the Eldritch Court were naturally enraged, exhausting many methods trying to investigate his background, yet to no avail.

The other two aren't easy to deal with either. Wu Yuan shook his head slightly.

One was the Immortal Court's Supreme Genius Li Guang, who had proven himself to be the strongest among the Immortal Court's dozen-plus Supreme Geniuses so far. Several Supreme Geniuses had already fallen to him. Though his performance was still far from Zhu Shan's level, there were also many who believed he would go on to claim a Saintcrest.

The other was Bai Shui from the Abyssal Devil race. What made him special was that he was the third Supreme Genius to fully comprehend the Law of Space, and his strength was clearly much greater than the previous two. The Law of Space was already special, and with his great strength, Bai Shui's reputation was solid.

These participants had slightly greater fame and power than Wu Yuan's body refiner self.

Fight! Seven thousand years - let’s see who can stop me. Wu Yuan was filled with fighting spirit.

As for his qi refiner self? He was also cultivating silently. Once he broke through to the Dao Field stage of Spacetime, combined with nine upgraded lifebound flying swords, his qi refiner self's strength wouldn't necessarily be weaker than the body refiner self.

However, all these would take time.

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As more and more geniuses revealed their power, Wu Yuan's qi refiner self also stopped roaming recklessly. Instead, like his body refiner self, he found a place to hide and cultivate in seclusion, letting his ether body and mana body roam the Divine Domain Worlds.

"He’s alone?"

"Quick, flee! That's Wu Yuan. He can even kill Supreme Geniuses." Some participants who encountered Wu Yuan's ether body immediately fled in panic.

Those who fled were mostly extremely well-informed or had their mana bodies and ether bodies killed by Wu Yuan before.

For these people, Wu Yuan's ether body mostly just gave chase. If they escaped, he let them be, without deliberately targeting and killing them.

After all, Wu Yuan's body refiner self had already claimed a spot for the Heavenly Domain stage. There was no need to be too ruthless. Rather, he cared more about tempering himself through battle.

Of course, he only spared those from other Saintdoms. If he confirmed they were Immortal Court powerhouses, Wu Yuan would pursue and kill them with all his might.

However, truly sensible participating geniuses were still the minority.

"Who is that?"

"He’s acting alone? How arrogant!" Some participating geniuses, upon detecting Wu Yuan's ether body, either attacked alone or in groups of three to five.

Sometimes, dozens of geniuses joined forces, believing they could easily defeat a lone Wu Yuan.

But what awaited them was Wu Yuan's smile, followed by a raging storm of attacks.

They dared to attack first? Wu Yuan naturally wouldn't be polite. He employed Creation Saint Prohibition right off the bat and engaged in battle.

Besides the supreme burst secret art, Wu Yuan didn't use any grand ether arts or Beast Fusion. Yet even so, the gap in strength was simply too vast.

Boom! Blade rays burst forth, each ray like thunder splitting heaven and earth, slaying the geniuses one by one.

"Run!"

"The fusion of Life and Death, such saber techniques - it's Wu Yuan!"

"It's him." These participants who encountered Wu Yuan for the first time finally recognized him, fleeing in terror.

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In the end, among those who dared to actively challenge Wu Yuan's ether body, only a miniscule number could escape.

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"All of you can go die now! Kill!" Sword lights crisscrossed through heaven and earth, slaying participants one after another.

Compared to his ether body, Wu Yuan’s mana body was far more unrestrained, with a killing efficiency that could only be described as terrifying - over ten times the rate of his ether body.

His ether body went with the flow, mostly engaging in chance encounters. As for his mana body, it primarily focused on active scouting and assault over a wide area, embodying pure arrogance.

Year after year, Wu Yuan's two true selves cultivated in seclusion while his mana body and ether body engaged in frenzied combat.

It wasn’t just Wu Yuan. At this point, many Supreme Geniuses had begun leaving their original Divine Domain Worlds, roaming and engaging in combat.

When his mana body occasionally encountered other Supreme Geniuses, it would sometimes be at a disadvantage, and could only cross into higher spatial dimensions to escape.

As for his ether body, it acted with pure aggression, summarized in a single word - kill!

Peak-stage Astral Monarch comprehension? Kill!

Mastery of Sovereign-level techniques? Kill!

Hundreds of geniuses joining forces? Kill!

Supreme Geniuses? Kill them too!